Veedu Manaivi Makkal

Veedu Manaivi Makkal
Theatrical release poster
Directed byT. P. Gajendran
Screenplay byT. P. Gajendran
Story byT. Durairaj
Produced byN. Radha
Starring
CinematographyBaby Philips
Edited by
  • N. R. Kittu
  • Ganesh Kumar
Music byShankar–Ganesh
Production
company
Release date
  • 15 January 1988 (1988-01-15)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Veedu Manaivi Makkal (transl. House, Wife, People) is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by T. P. Gajendran in his directorial debut. The film stars Visu, K. R. Vijaya, Pandiyan and Seetha. It was released on 15 January 1988, and was commercially successful. The film was remade in Kannada as Ganda Mane Makkalu (1988) by Gajendran himself,[1] in Telugu as Illu Illalu Pillalu (1988) and in Malayalam as Kudumba Vishesham (1994).

Plot

Subbaiah Pillai is the head of a middle-class family comprising his wife Lakshmi, two sons and two daughters – Seetha and Sulochana. They live in a rented property owned by a cruel landlord in Chennai with whom Subbaiah Pillai often gets into quarrel. Subbaiah Pillai challenges his landlord that he will build a new house in less than three months and vacate his current rented premises. Subbaiah Pillai finalises purchase of a plot in the outskirts of Chennai and decides to build a house there.

The elder son is a dancer and is married to his cousin, but he develops an illegitimate affair with his co-dancer and starts living together. Subbaiah Pillai and Lakshmi try hard to re-unite the elder son with his wife which they accomplish successfully after so much struggles. After re-uniting, the elder son's wife transforms and prefers to lead a nuclear family away from her in-laws for which the elder son agrees as well. Subbaiah Pillai and Lakshmi feel bad about the elder son and his wife's decision to leave them.

Sulochana falls in love with their neighbour, Sigamani. who has been employed in Dubai and had come to Chennai for holidays. Subbaiah Pillai learns of his daughter's love and agrees for their wedding. To Subbaiah Pillai's shock, Sigamani loses his job and starts staying along with Subbaiah Pillai and his family which makes Subbaiah Pillai angry and shouts at him once. Sigamani feels insulted and leaves the home along with his wife. Seetha falls in love with the henchman who is employed with the landlord but trying to get a good job. Subbaiah Pillai's younger son could not find a job and keeps trying repeatedly. Finally, the younger son gets a job in a company owned by Delhi Ganesh and falls in love with boss' daughter. The younger son also settles with his father-in-law.

Subbaiah Pillai accumulates some money and starts building the house, however he further needs some more financing. He decides to get the help from his children, but none of them come for rescue. Sulochana lies that she has already sold her gold necklace which was given by Subbaiah Pillai while the younger son demands a sign in a bond paper which shows his lack of trust on his parents.

Seetha is the only daughter who still stays will her parents. Lakshmi falls sick and passes away. Subbaiah Pillai decides to burn her body at the place where he has been building a house. Hearing the news of Lakshmi's death, their family members including the sons and Sulochana rush to see, however, Subbaiah Pillai denies permission to allow them having a look at Lakshmi's dead body. Finally, Seetha and the henchman are united.

Cast

Production

Veedu Manaivi Makkal was the directorial debut of T. P. Gajendran,[2][3] and was produced by N. Radha under M/S Thenandal Films.[4][5] Gajendran wrote the screenplay based on a story by T. Durairaj.[4] The story was written in a way that would suit Visu's image.[6] Cinematography was handled by Baby Philips, and the editing jointly by N. R. Kittu and Ganesh Kumar.[4] The final cut of the film was 4,117.32 metres (13,508.3 ft).[5]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Shankar–Ganesh.[7] The lyrics for all songs were written by Vairamuthu except one, which was written by Idhaya Chandran.[8]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Kaadhal Kaadhal"VairamuthuK. J. Yesudas3:13
2."Sengallai Thookara"Idhaya ChandranMalaysia Vasudevan, Uma Ramanan3:15
3."Nam Veeduthan"VairamuthuMano4:57
4."Veedu Manaivi Makkal"VairamuthuS. P. Balasubrahmanyam4:05
5."Thotathellam"VairamuthuS. P. Balasubrahmanyam4:00
Total length:19:30

Release and reception

Veedu Manaivi Makkal was released on 15 January 1988.[9] The following week, N. Krishnaswamy of The Indian Express felt the film was too similar to the directorial films of Visu like Kudumbam Oru Kadambam, Manal Kayiru, Samsaram Adhu Minsaram and Thirumathi Oru Vegumathi, but praised the performance of K. R. Vijaya, who he said "steals the show".[10] Jayamanmadhan of Kalki appreciated the film for its comedy, screenplay and performances but panned the cinematography and climax.[11] The film was commercially successful.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Ganda Mane Makkalu – ಗಂಡ ಮನೆ ಮಕ್ಕಳು (1988/೧೯೮೮)". Kannada Movies Info. 6 April 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
  2. ^ "சொந்த படமெடுத்தால் வீடு போய்விடுமே! - உஷாரான டி.பி.கஜேந்திரன்". Dinamalar (in Tamil). 25 November 2014. Archived from the original on 20 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  3. ^ "குடும்பங்கள்ல பாஸிட்டிவ் மனிதர்களே இல்லையோ!". Kungumam (in Tamil). 26 October 2015. Archived from the original on 20 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  4. ^ a b c Veedu Manaivi Makkal (motion picture) (in Tamil). Sri Thenandal Films. 1988. Opening credits, from 0:00 to 2:58.
  5. ^ a b "Veedu Manaivi Makkal". Central Board of Film Certification. 13 January 1988. Archived from the original on 20 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  6. ^ a b ""அப்போ இயக்குநர்; இப்போ லாட்ஜ் ஓனர்..!" - டி.பி.கஜேந்திரன் 'அப்போ இப்போ' பகுதி 20". Ananda Vikatan (in Tamil). 11 September 2018. Archived from the original on 17 October 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Veedu Manaivi Makkal". JioSaavn. 31 August 2014. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Veedu Manaivi Makkal Tamil Film LP VInyl Record". Macsendisk. Archived from the original on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Veedu Manaivi Makkal". The Indian Express. 15 January 1988. p. 4. Retrieved 23 April 2018 – via Google News Archive.
  10. ^ Krishnaswamy, N. (22 January 1988). "In the 'family way' again". The Indian Express. p. 5. Retrieved 23 April 2018 – via Google News Archive.
  11. ^ ஜெயமன்மதன் (7 February 1988). "வீடு மனைவி மக்கள்". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 11. Retrieved 16 February 2022.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
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